Electricity, annual figures, 2009

Production plants had the highest operating profit in 2009. This is also the case for previous years. The operating profit of production plants amounted to NOK 23 billion. The wholesale plants achieved an operating profit of NOK 1 billion, while the operating profit of grid companies and remaining plants totalled NOK 2.1 and 3.2 billion respectively.

Lower gross investments

The gross investments (purchase minus sale) in the power industry fell from NOK 12.9 billion in 2008 to NOK 10.9 billion in 2009. Gross investments in water power plants, hydro-electric power stations, thermal power plants and wind power plants were NOK 261, 3 095, 303 and 56 million respectively.

Drop in the consumption of electricity

There was a decrease of 3 per cent in electricity consumption from 2008 to 2009, and total net consumption totalled 112.4 TWh. While the electricity consumption in power-intensive manufacturing fell by 8 TWh, the electricity consumption in construction and other services and households rose by 0.5 and 1 TWh respectively.

Increase in the electricity consumption in cottages and holiday houses

The electricity consumption in cottages and holiday houses came to 1.6 TWh in 2009; an increase of 7 per cent compared with 2008. Although the electricity consumption in cottages and holiday houses has increased roughly by 6-8 per cent in each year since 2004, it only amounted to 1.5 per cent of the total net consumption in 2009. The electricity consumption in cottages and holiday houses was approximately 1 TWh in 2000.

Electricity prices

The total electricity bill of households consists of power price, grid rent and public taxes (consumer tax and VAT). The total price of households fell from 74.9 øre/kWh in 2008 to 71.5 øre/kWh in 2009, excluding VAT. Power price, grid rent and consumer tax were 35.6, 25.4, 10.5 øre/kWh respectively.

Electricity generation and power exchange

The electricity generation totalled 131.8 TWh in 2009; a decrease of 7 per cent compared with 2008. Norway’s exports of power came to 14.6 TWh in 2009, while imports totalled 5.7 TWh. This gave a net export of 8.9 TWh.

Tables:

• Table 1 Main figures. 1989-2009
• Table 2 Capacity of installed machinery, by type, county and ownership group. 2009
• Table 3 Power stations, by size (maximum output). 1974-2009
• Table 4 Hydro-electric power stations, by size (maximum output) and county/ownership group. 2009
• Table 5 Lines at the end of the year, by type of line and voltage. 2009. Km
• Table 6 Lines at the end of the year, by type of line and county1
• Table 7 Transformers at the end of the year, by county/ownership group. 2009
• Table 8 Production, imports, exports and consumption of electric energy. 1950, 1955 and 1960-2009. GWh
• Table 9 Production of electric energy, by type, county and ownership group. 2007-2009. GWh
• Table 10 Net consumption of electric energy, by type and consumer group. 2008 and 2009. GWh
• Table 11 Net consumption of total electric energy, priority and non-priority, by consumer group and county. 2008 and 2009. GWh
• Table 12 Net consumption of total electric energy in households per capita, by county. 1994-2009. kWh
• Table 13 Prices on electricity and grid rent excluding taxes, by consumer group. 2009. øre/kWh
• Table 14 Prices on electricity and grid rent to households, by county. 2009. øre/kWh
• Table 15 Prices of electric energy traded in the wholesale market and concession power. 1994-2009. øre/kWh
• Table 16 Number of utilities and generators, persons engaged and staff-years, by type of utility and activity. 2008 and 2009
• Table 17 Economic main figures for the electricity market. 2000-2009. NOK million
• Table 18 Income statment for enterprises in electricity supply, by type of utility. 2008 og 2009. NOK million
• Table 19 Balance sheet for enterprises in electricity supply, by type of utility. 2008 and 2009. NOK million
• Table 20 Key figures for enterprises in electricity supply, by type of utility. 2008 and 2009.
• Table 21 Income statment for enterprises in electricity supply, by ownership group. NOK million
• Table 22 Balance sheet for enterprises in electricity supply, by ownership group. 2008 and 2009. NOK million
• Table 23 Key figures for enterprises in electricity supply, by type of utility
• Table 24 Acquisition and sale of fixed assets, by type of capital. 2009. NOK million
• Table 25 Acquisition of fixed assets, by type of utility, county and ownership group. 2009. NOK million